ZADRA

Zadra is a city girl born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. It was there that she discovered a unique way to showcase her artistic talent and admiration for geek fandoms at New York Comic Con in its earlier years. This was the seed that planted a cosplay career, which would lead her to become a skilled foamsmith and prop builder. Over the years, Zadra has brought home multiple cosplay competition awards, including Master's and Best in Show placements. In addition to building a huge portfolio of cosplay projects, Zadra has been a cosplay judge and panelist at trademark events such as Katsucon and MAGfest, as well as Replay FX, Geekout-HCA, Winter Wake Up, Dark Force Fest, and more. In 2013, Zadra and her husband relocated from Brooklyn to Elk County, PA, for a quieter life. She now has the time and space to fine-tune her art while continuing to travel to conventions all over the country!

Gingersnap the Mermaid/Jillian Breneman

Jillian is a signed actress, model, and professional entertainer from South Central PA. She has stage, commercial, and full-length film credits. Her acting resume also includes being a haunt actor during the two most recent seasons of Dark Nights at Hersheypark.

Jillian is also a professional entertainer known as "Gingersnap the Mermaid". She was crowned Miss Mermaid PA in 2021 under the Miss Mermaid International Pageant Program; a title which she still carried. She has since made appearances as a mermaid at businesses and events across PA. In the beginning of 2025, she published her first children's coloring storybook which she wrote and helped illustrate. "Gingersnap the Mermaid: A Coloring Storybook" shares stories of her adventures as a mermaid, and is filled with facts about different bodies of water around South Central PA, as well as other places she has traveled with her mermaid tails.

She currently focuses on her business as a professional Entertainer, specializing in entertaining at events all over the Mid-Atlantic region as a mermaid, fairy, or pirate. When she is not doing that, she is taking other acting opportunities, dabbling in cosplay and modeling, or refining her skills in scuba diving and freediving.

You are welcome to visit Gingersnap the Mermaid in her lagoon at Fellowship of Fandom!